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11/18/2012 12:39PM
Evangeline: Open Me a Corona uncatchable in $1 million Louisiana Breeders Futurity
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Open Me a Corona won the first $1 million Quarter Horse race run in Louisiana on Saturday, when he led box to wire in the Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeders Association Breeders Futurity at Evangeline Downs. The race was a restricted Grade 1.
Open Me a Corona ($8) broke sharply and covered the 400 yards for 2-year-olds bred in Louisiana in 19.66 seconds. Open Me a Corona won by a half-length over Logans Mountain, while it was another neck back in third to Perrys Runaway.
“When the bell rang, he blasted out,” said David Alvarez, who rode Open Me a Corona. “I hit him a few times left-handed in midstretch and he pulled clear and then I just hand rode him to the wire.”
The win was the biggest career victory for Alvarez, a 35-year-old native of Austin, Texas, whose 10-year riding career includes titles at Sam Houston Race Park and the shuttered Manor Downs in Austin.
Bobby Martinez trains Open Me a Corona. The horse earned $445,000 for the partnership of Charles Forbes Jr. and Tommy Hays.
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AQUINNAH returns to a route and she couldn't have found a much better spot as a horse who wants to be involved early, as the expected pace scenario figures to favor those runners with a little early zip and she appears to be quickest of them all out of the gate; should control the tempo, and that should lead to her running to her best figures. CHARMINGMEGAN has tactical speed and likes to win, a combination that makes her easy to like; should get first run at the top pick.
